[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I was just curious. I've never really heard when their necks would be strong enough to handle being tied in case they throwed a fit. Dot was leading and feeling pressure from us holding her, probably by the end of her first month. But we never tied her till she was probably almost 2 years. She did fine, but I wondered if you had one that was good like her if she could have been tied sooner.

Becky

[Duchess47]

Yes, she would have been tied sooner if she were a laid back kid, but we don't tie any of the young ones up without someone right there beside them in case they throw a fit and get in trouble.

Unless it's a baby that's being shown, they generally get imprinted and worked with enough to learn to lead, stand for the farrier and for baths and clipping, then they mostly just hang out until they are 2 1/2 or 3yrs old. Other than meds and farrier and getting lunged every once in awhile, we don't ask much of them, mostly because we just don't have the time.